Necktie.



O. W. T. DAVIES.

NECKTIE.

ABPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1912.

1,6?5A64. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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CHARLES VT. T. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

Application filed June 5, 1912.

To all 107107771275 may concern Be it known that I, Crrannns W. T. DAVIES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to neckties and more especially to the neckband thereof, 2'. 6., that part which surrounds the collar as distinguished from the tying or tied members or the portion made up in the semblance of a knot.

It contemplates a novel method of fastening the band of the tie around the collar, independently of the tying portion and also without the aid of the usual artificial, cooperative engaging devices, whether for self-engagement of the band ends by means of hooks, rings, button and button-holes, links or buckles, or for indirect engagement with a fastener on the shirt, such as a collar stud, by means of rings, hooks, button-hole tabs, etc.

I make the neckband with two free ends devoid of any engaging devices, independent of and supplementary to the tying members or made-up knot, and extending beyond their location on the band, the said band ends being longitudinally continuous with the band and of considerably greater length than the circumference of the collar on which it is worn, so that the said band ends may be overlapped by the wearer, either at the front or the back of the collar, and their tips turned up between the collar and shirt, when the former is fastened on the latter, to hold the whole necktie in place by compression. In some cases, I reinforce, by either internal or external stiffening, the tops of these free ends, to form a firmer wedging process when tucked in. I also provide a line of stitching to better define the folding line where the tips may be conveniently turned up.

The great advantage of my improvement resides, not only in the fact that it produces a fastening method devoid of any of the usual mechanical and generally metallic devices, but that it also permits the same necktie to be worn with several varying sizes of collar, there being enough length in the free extensions of the band to enable the wearer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got, 14,1913.

Serial no. 701,838.

to overlap and fasten them from the largestto the smallest size, without the exhibition of any loose ended appendages.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 illustrates a tie made under my construction showing the extended band ends crossed in front, having a tying member situated on each hand some little distance from the end; Fig. 2 illustrates a modification wherein the band ends overlap at the back of the collar, the tying members being situated on the band at its front central portion; Fig. 3 shows a tie of the stock variety with a double band fastened on a collar, the band ends overlapping in front, their tips turned up, and held by compression between the collar and shirt; Fig. 4: illustrates a similar stock tie carrying either a tied or made-up knot at the central portion of the band, showing the band ends overlapped and turned up at the back of the collar between the collar and shirt; Fig. 5 discloses a tie of the Ascot shape having a made-up knot situated some distance from the extremity of one band end, both band ends overlapping and being turned up between collar and shirt. In this case the free hand end passes through or behind the made-up knot and fastens under the collar after passing beyond it; Fig. 5, a crosssection through the tip of a band and showing a reinforcing or padding device therefor; and Fig. 7, a perspective of a modification.

In all cases, the band and the tying or made-up knot may be made in one piece or put together in separate pieces.

Referring first to Fig. 1 where an ordinary linen collar is shown in dotted lines, the neckband 1 has extended ends 2 and 3, the tying ends of the necktie being shown at 4; and 5. Here the neckband 1 and tying ends 4,,5 are in one piece and the band ends 2, 3, are attached thereto. The band end tips may be padded or reinforced in any suitable manner as shown at 6 in Fig. 6, oblique stitching 7 retaining such paddin In Fig. 2 the neckband 8, band ends 9, 10, and tying ends 11, 12, are in a continuous piece folded over itself from one end of the band.

In Figs. 3 and 4: the invention is shown applied to a stock tie. In these figures an ordinary linen collar 13 is shown with the necktie applied, the collar being broken away in Fig. 4.

Referring to Fig. 3, the neckband 14 is made double, the free ends 15 and 16 being adapted for overlapping, as in Fig. 1 and to be tucked between the neckband of the shirt and the collar 13, as shown by dotted lines at 17 and 18, respectively, leaving the tying ends 19 and 20 of the necktie free to be tied as desired. The ends 15, 16, may be an extension either of the inner or the outer part of the stock neckband 14: or of both of them joined together.

In Fig. 1, the necktie has either a tied or made-up knot 21 at the central part of the neckband, the ends 22, 23 of the neckband being overlapped and their tips inserted between the collar 13 and back of the shirt neckband, as shown by dotted lines.

In Fig. 5, the tie has a made-up part 24: of the Ascot style located some distance from the extremity of one end of the neckband, both ends of the latter overlapping and being turned up between the collar 13 and shirt as shown at 25, 26. The free band end passes through or behind the made-up knot 24 and fastens under the collar 13 after passing beyond it.

In Fig. 7 the neckband 27 is elongated and provided with a button hole 28 disposed at some distance from one extremity thereof and of a size to adapt it for the passage of the other, and overlapping band end 29. A single tying member 30 passes loosely through the buttonhole 28 to permit its adjustment or detachment. The tips 31 of the band ends are adapted to be inserted between the collar and shirt neckband, as in the forms of the preceding figures. The reinforced or padded tip construction of Fig.

6 may be employed on any form of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1-- 1. A necktie having a knot-portion and also a band provided with two free ends, said free ends extending beyond the location of said knot-portion of the band and of such length that they are adapted to be dis posed crosswise of each other and to permit the tips thereof being tucked up between the collar and shirt to holdthe band in position.

2. A necktie having a knot-portion and also a band provided with two free ends, said free ends extending beyond the location of said knot-portion of the band and of such length that they are adapted to be disposed crosswise of each other, said free ends having an oblique, transverse line of stitching defining a suitable folding line and being reinforced at their tips, whereby the reinforced tips may be tucked or inserted between the collar and the shirt to hold the band in position.

3. A necktie having a neckband provided with two free ends, said free ends being of such length that they are adapted to be disposed crosswise of each other and to have their tips tucked up between the collar and shirt to hold the neckband in position, a detachable tying member, and means upon said neckband for retaining said tying member in proper position.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WV. T. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

ELsIE DOUGLAS LORD, GEO. 13. Pure.

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